Movies Like The Front

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Trumbo

2015·2h 4m·★ 7.4·Jay Roach

5 shared themes: screenwriter, mccarthyism, movie business...Fans also liked

The Way We Were

1973·1h 58m·★ 7.0·Sydney Pollack

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My One and Only

2009·1h 48m·★ 6.5·Richard Loncraine

Themes: movie business, 1950sFans also likedComedy & Drama

Oppenheimer

2023·3h 1m·★ 8.2·Christopher Nolan

Themes: mccarthyism, communism

Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

Both star Woody Allen & Michael MurphyComedy & Drama

Animal Farm

1999·1h 31m·★ 6.0·John Stephenson

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Berlin is in Germany

2001·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Hannes Stöhr

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Edge of the City

1957·1h 25m·★ 7.2·Martin Ritt

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Back to the Future

1985·1h 56m·★ 8.5·Robert Zemeckis

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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All the President's Men

1976·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Alan J. Pakula

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961·1h 55m·★ 7.5·Blake Edwards

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

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Toy Story 2

1999·1h 32m·★ 7.9·John Lasseter

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Belle

2021·2h 1m·★ 7.0·Mamoru Hosoda

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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(500) Days of Summer

2009·1h 35m·★ 7.6·Marc Webb

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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Carnage

2011·1h 20m·★ 7.1·Roman Polanski

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